Clasp



j UNITED STATES PATEiwr; OEEIOE@ lJAMES JENKINsON, OE BROOKLYN NEW YORK.

.CLASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 377,429, dated February 7, 1878!'8.

Application filed October 27, 1887. v Serial No. 253,526. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: n

"Be it known that I, JAMES JENKINsoN,a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clasps, of which the following is a specification.`^

My invention relates to a clasp for securing the elastic webbing to steels for use as stays in ladies7 dresses and for other purposes; and it consists of the novel features, hereinafter described, whereby I obtain an article of supe. rior strength and effectiveness and one of easy application to use. u

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis the plan view of the blank used in the manu' facture of my skirt-stay. Fig. 2 is a sectional view thereofwhen folded.L Fig. 3 is a front view of the claspy applied to the stay and webbing for use. Fig. 4 is a view of an endof the stay. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal central section of the kclasp,stay, and webbing united; Fig. 6 is a back View of the clasp applied to the stay and webbing Vfor use, being opposite of Fig. 3. Figs. 7, 8, and 9.are views of my invention with the lips omitted.v

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The letter A designates a blankl composed of sheet metal, which is substantially cross-l shaped, having `the head a on the top and the arms b b projecting from the sides thereof, while the center is provided with an opening,

having the lips e e ou each side thereof to yreceive the edges of the webbing and secure it to the steel at the portions 's s s s, while the body of the webbing is held by the portions holding service for the webbing and provides another safeguard against the webbing breaking loose from the steel, as shown in Figs. 1,

3, 5, and 8. Insome instances'thelipsie e may be dispensed with, as shown in Figs. 7 and 9. Y'

`I In combination withmy clasp I (preferito usea stay provided atoeach end with an opening, forming a fork`,.P, which has the advantage of being easily and economical1y made,

and, moreover, permits the rubber'to be s ewed th-rough said `opening P and the opening d in the clasp to the dress fabric, which effectually prevents the steel from displacement while in use, as it secures the rubber to the dress, 'and holds it to the dress iu case .the we bbing in e the clasp should give way, as would be the case in the event eyelets were vused to secure the .webbing to the steel.

Whenk two steels are used side by side,.the clasp may be ar-` ranged over the endsthereotiu which. case v theopening P in the steels may be omitted.4

In applying the clasp to use the webbing is drawn through under the lips e e, so as to lie upon the iiat portions of theblank. The steel is then laid upon'said lipsy from au opposite direction to the webbing and the' blank is folded upon itself on both side edges until the arms b'b meet, `'as shownin Figs. 3

and 7, and'bythis means lthe tips tare forced a down upon the webbing, thereby firmly holding it in position, and at the same time' exert-A ingan outward pressure upon the steel,with a tendency to bind it between themselves and said folded edges of the clasp.

What I claim asnew, andfdesire to' secu re by y Letters Patent, is- .I

l. The clasp herein described forvseeuring the webbing and steels together for use asstays in ladies garments, formed of a single piece of sheety metal, and with yafcentral opening having lips onthe sides thereof lfor holding the edges of the webbing, and transverse; portions at the endsrfor holding the body'of the webbing to the stays, as herein shownand described. e

2. The clasp `herein described for securing Athe webbing and steels together for usevin ladies7 garments,formed of asingle piece of sheet metal provided with a central `opening and side lips, in eombinationwith a steel having forked openings, substantially as shown and described.

y JAMES yJEuKINsON.

Witnesses: l

f 'FRANCIS C. BOWEN,

Jas. SfEwBNANK. 

